The common cold is the world’s most widespread illness, which is plagues(疫病) that flesh receives.

The most widespread fallacy(谬误) of all is that colds caused by cold. They are not. They are caused by viruses(病毒) passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not. And in isolated arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.

During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches(战壕), cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds.

In the Second World War prisoners at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp(奥斯维辛集中营), naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds. At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in Experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in drafty room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.

If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in the winter？Despite the most pains-taking research, no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.

No one has yet found a cure for the cold. There are drugs and pain suppressors(止痛片) such as aspirin, but all they do is relieve the symptoms(症状).

1. The writer offered _______ examples to support his argument.

A. 4              B. 5              C. 6              D. 3

2. Which of the following does not agree with the chosen passage?

A. The Eskimos do not suffer from colds all the time.

B. Colds are not caused by cold.

C. People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors.

D. A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already has one.

3. Arctic explorers may catch colds when _______.

A. they are working in the isolated arctic region

B. they are writing reports in terribly cold weather

C. they are free from work in the isolated arctic regions

D. they are coming into touch again with the outside world

4. Volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research Unit _______.

A. suffered a lot                        B. never caught colds

C. often caught colds                  D. became very strong

5. The passage mainly discusses _______.

A. the experiments on the common col       B. the fallacy about the common cold

C. the reason and the way people catch colds  D. the continued spread of common colds

Columnist Dave Barry says this about his father:"My dad would try anything - carpentry(木匠活),electrical wiring,roofing and so on.From watching him,I learned a lesson that still1to my life today:no matter how difficult a task may seem,2you're not afraid to try it,you can do it."
I learned from my parents the value of "going for it"."3ventured(冒险),nothing lost" is the motto of too many of us.Many people are so afraid to4that they never venture beyond the familiar."Better to be safe than sorry",has5too many people in the cocoon(保护膜) of their6zones.
A delightful7tells that Col.Robert Johnson of Salem,New Jersey,announced that he would take a8risk.He let the town know that he would9a wolf peach on the steps of the country courthouse at noon on September 26,1820. "Why would he take such a chance?" asked the10people.
Scientists and doctors had long declared the wolf peach to be11.If the wolf peach was too ripe and warmed by the sun,they told him he would be exposing himself to brain fever.Should he somehow12the experience,the skin of the13would stick to the lining of his stomach(他的胃黏膜) and14cause cancer.
Nearly 2,000 people15the square to see Col.Johnson eat the "poisonous" peach - now known as the tomato.
Col.Johnson believed his16was small,but it must be take if the17about the peach were to be18.Who has accompished anything worthwhile19taking a risk?
Much like the tortoise it makes20only when it sticks its neck out.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      refers
   2. B.
      applies
   3. C.
      tends
   4. D.
      leads
2. 2.
   1. A.
      if
   2. B.
      since
   3. C.
      although
   4. D.
      unless
3. 3.
   1. A.
      Anything
   2. B.
      Something
   3. C.
      Nothing
   4. D.
      Everything
4. 4.
   1. A.
      fail
   2. B.
      win
   3. C.
      succeed
   4. D.
      leave
5. 5.
   1. A.
      turned
   2. B.
      trapped
   3. C.
      forbidden
   4. D.
      orced
6. 6.
   1. A.
      comfortable
   2. B.
      miserable
   3. C.
      surprising
   4. D.
      unimportant
7. 7.
   1. A.
      novel
   2. B.
      message
   3. C.
      joke
   4. D.
      story
8. 8.
   1. A.
      private
   2. B.
      public
   3. C.
      secret
   4. D.
      national
9. 9.
   1. A.
      buy
   2. B.
      sell
   3. C.
      eat
   4. D.
      cut
10. 10.
    1. A.
       puzzled
    2. B.
       disappointed
    3. C.
       angry
    4. D.
       happy
11. 11.
    1. A.
       delicious
    2. B.
       smelly
    3. C.
       salty
    4. D.
       poisonous
12. 12.
    1. A.
       enjoy
    2. B.
       survive
    3. C.
       understand
    4. D.
       know
13. 13.
    1. A.
       wolf
    2. B.
       seed
    3. C.
       peach
    4. D.
       body
14. 14.
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    2. B.
       firstly
    3. C.
       lately
    4. D.
       hardly
15. 15.
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    2. B.
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    3. C.
       surrounded
    4. D.
       crowded
16. 16.
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       audience
    2. B.
       risk
    3. C.
       fruit
    4. D.
       size
17. 17.
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       myths
    2. B.
       ingredients
    3. C.
       truths
    4. D.
       prices
18. 18.
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       changed
    2. B.
       adopted
    3. C.
       removed
    4. D.
       grasped
19. 19.
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    2. B.
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    3. C.
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20. 20.
    1. A.
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    2. B.
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    3. C.
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    4. D.
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155. It has become the _____ for English families to go to the seaside in summer.

The managing director took the _____ for the accident, althoughit was not really his fault.

A. guilt        B. charge       C. blame       D. accusation

In 1970, at the age of 35, my father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. There was not much      done at that time and my father had to rely on the medication and treatment that were      at that time. But one thing was      , my father was not a quitter. He was a teacher who       children with special educational needs in Chicago Public High School. Every day we would hear      about “his kids”. These “kids” did not usually      my sister and I.

One day, my father arrived at his school and walked up the     for his first period. He was having a very       day because the disease was really taking everything out of him. He       once and bruised (擦伤) his knee but he still kept going.       did he know that someone was watching.

As the day      his steps began to get a little lighter. At the end of the day, he was about to leave      a young girl entered his office. He had met her in the hallway but she was not one of his      . He asked what he could do for her and she said, “I just wanted to thank you for     my life.”

He looked at her and couldn’t       what he had done. She then went on      . “When I got up this morning, I felt as if I was at the end of my      and ready to kill myself. But when I saw you trying to go up the stairs and then you fell, I felt    and the feeling of sadness just kept getting     . And now you are walking as      as ever. It’s really true that everything will get better as the days go on.”

1.A. information                      B. research                            C. knowledge             D. experience

2.A. favorable                     B. believable                        C. reasonable            D. available

3.A. obvious                       B. special                         C. natural              D. strange

4.A. abandoned              B. followed                           C. taught              D. attended

5.A. stories                              B. jokes                 C. songs                       D. humors

6.A. connect                      B. change                     C. mean                       D. defeat

7.A. mountains                B. stairs                                 C. ladders        D. streets

8.A. normal                   B. pleasant                           C. simple              D. difficult

9.A. fell                            B. stood               C. happened         D. appeared

10.A. Few                          B. Little              C. Seldom             D. Never

11.A. arrived                          B. progressed         C. broke               D. stopped

12.A. until                                 B. before                C. when                      D. while

13.A. students                             B. friends             C. teachers               D. workers

14.A. losing                     B. giving               C. passing     D. saving

15.A. write down                 B. figure out                         C. cut off               D. put up

16.A. responding             B. admitting                          C. explaining           D. complaining

17.A. rope                B. wall               C. road                 D. work

18.A. sorry                B. bad               C. lucky                 D. proud

19.A. lower                  B. weaker           C. higher             D. stronger

20.A. carefully             B. quickly           C. lightly              D. slowly